Jude Law

Plagued with being called a heartthrob and a Golden Boy, British actor Jude Law managed to develop into a respected actor known for tackling challenging and often flawed characters. Though he struggle...
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British actor Jude Law has won a round of rave reviews from theatre critics for his portrayal of William Shakespeare's tragic king Henry V. The Sherlock Holmes star plays the title role in a revival of the Bard's classic work which opened at London's Noel Coward theatre on Tuesday night (03Dec13).
Law, who has previously starred in Hamlet both in the West End and on Broadway, has won over critics with his latest stage outing, landing a five-star review from Charles Spencer of Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, who called the actor's turn a "terrific star performance".
He adds, "Jude Law, relatively short of stature and with a receding hairline, initially looks an unlikely hero, but this is one of the richest and most detailed performances of Henry V that I have ever seen... You leave the theatre in no doubt that you have witnessed a production of rare distinction and dramatic depth."
Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail, writes, "(Henry V) is a 'big ask', as rugby coaches say, and Jude Law answers it. He is fit enough physically to wear period battledress without looking silly. He glowers beautifully, even if he resembles a slimmed down Phil Collins...
Henry V is not the Bard's greatest play... Yet under Mr (Michael) Grandage's assured direction and with Mr Law's magnetism, this show has a puissance of its own."
Michael Billington of The Guardian concludes, "Law's complex portrait of Shakespeare's contradictory king... is far and away the most fascinating aspect of an efficient, well-managed production... Law, sturdily built and with receding hairline, looks more mature than many Henries. That helps to explain the purposeful gravity he brings to the opening scenes."
He also call hails the actor's performance as "richly layered" and insists it "shows Jude Law maturing with age and getting under the skin of a character."

Natalie Portman's embattled western Jane Got A Gun has finally locked down a summer, 2014 release date after a series of delays and casting changes. The film has been plagued by problems - director Lynne Ramsay quit a day before shooting was due to begin in March (13) and Michael Fassbender had to be replaced by Jude Law, who subsequently dropped out as Bradley Cooper stepped in. The Hangover star exited the project in May (13), and production finally got underway this summer (13) with Ewan McGregor onboard as the villain.
Now the movie, helmed by Gavin O'Connor, has officially secured a release date and will hit U.S. theatres at the end of August (14).
However, Jane Got a Gun's troubles are far from over - producers filed suit against Ramsay earlier this month (Nov13), accusing her of breach of contract and fraud for receiving a payment of $750,000 ($500,000) for a job she did not complete. They are seeking the return of her salary, in addition to punitive damages.

The Bourne Supremacy director Paul Greengrass is set to be feted with a top prize at the British Independent Film Awards next month (Dec13) in recognition of his global success. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker will receive the Variety prize in London on 8 December (13), as his latest release, kidnap drama Captain Phillips, continues to garner critical acclaim ahead of the upcoming Hollywood awards season.
Actor Jude Law took home the title last year (12), while other previous recipients include Sir Kenneth Branagh, Sir Michael Caine and Dame Helen Mirren.

British stars Keira Knightley and Jude Law are nominated for acting prizes at the 2013 European Film Awards for their roles in period blockbuster Anna Karenina. Knightley, who played the title role, will go up against Naomi Watts (The Impossible), Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown), Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) and Luminita Gheorghiu (Child's Pose) for the Best Actress prize.
Law will compete for the Best Actor trophy against Johan Heldenbergh (The Broken Circle Breakdown), Fabrice Luchini (In the House), Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) and Tom Schilling (Oh Boy).
The Best Film nominations include The Best Offer, Blancanieves, The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Great Beauty, Oh Boy And Adele: Chapters 1 & 2.
Veteran French actress Catherine Deneuve will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at the prizegiving in Berlin, Germany on 7 December (13).

The producers of Natalie Portman's new film Jane Got A Gun are suing the movie's former director, who quit the project a day before shooting began in March (13). The executives, led by Scott Steindorff, claim Lynne Ramsay was paid $750,000 (GBP500,000) for a job she didn't complete, and they have filed documents in court in New Mexico alleging her departure delayed the production.
In paperwork obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the producers also claim Ramsay was "abusive to members of the cast and crew and was generally disruptive," adding, she "failed to adhere to proper safety protocol for handling weapons on set, when she pointed a prop gun directly at a camera and, in turn, at the camera crew before first taking proper precautions."
Producers are demanding that Ramsay pays back her salary, and they are also seeking punitive damages over claims of fraud and breach of contract.
The We Need to Talk About Kevin director was replaced by Gavin O'Connor.
The project has also struggled with casting troubles - Michael Fassbender was replaced by Jude Law, who was in turn replaced by Bradley Cooper, who exited the film in May (13).
Portman and Joel Edgerton stayed with the movie and were joined by Ewan McGregor when filming eventually got underway this summer (13).

Sir Paul McCartney's new video for Queenie Eye has debuted online with features from an array of stars, who appear as ghosts in the studio as the former Beatle records the track at Abbey Road Studios in London. Johnny Depp appears seated at the feet of McCartney's piano, listening to the tune on his headphones, while his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss dances on the instrument as the room fills up with celebrities.
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Sean Penn, Gary Barlow, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman and Jude Law all soak up the atmosphere in the fabled studio space, while British funnyman James Corden can't contain himself as he dances around.

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Last week, E! News reported that Kate Moss and Johnny Depp were reuniting for Paul McCartney's newest music video "Queenie Eye." Though the couple (who dated from 1994-1998) never share a shot together, they do share the screen with a ton of other celebrities. Check out the video below and see if you can count the famous faces… it's next to impossible to get them all on the first try.
After a few viewings (and a few google searches), I counted 17 in total, though it's definitely possible there are more. Check below the video for all the celebs we spotted:
1. Depp2. Moss3. Meryl Streep4. Tom Ford5. Alice Eve6. Lily Cole7. Jude Law8. Sean Penn9. Chris Pine10. James Corden11. Jeremy Irons12. Gary Barlow13. Tamara Rojo14. Laura Bailey15. Tracey Ullman16. Sir Peter Blake17. Jack Savoretti
Phew, seriously, only Paul McCartney could pull this one off.
While McCartney has a history of using famous faces in his videos, such as Natalie Portman in "My Valentine," "Queenie Eye" goes to a whole new level in including celebrities from around the world. And while the the video is definitely impressive, it's special for reasons other than the wall–to–wall stars. Filmed in London's Abbey Road studios, the video is also where The Beatles' first single "Love Me Do" was recorded.
Though the star-studded grouping is already intriguing fans to watch, the song "Queenie Eye" will probably be a hit in its own right. The single, which is the first to be released from Paul McCartney's latest album New, has all the makings of becoming our favorite fall tune. And hey, there's no argument here, the 71-year-old has still got it.
Be sure the check out New which landed in stores Oct. 15, and listen for "Queenie Eye" on your favorite station, it won't take too long before it gets stuck in your head.
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Teen star Chloe Grace Moretz landed a lead role in kids film Hugo after tricking revered director Martin Scorsese into believing she was British. The Goodfellas filmmaker wanted an all-British cast for the 2011 family adventure movie, but Moretz ignored the casting stipulation and instead put on her best English accent to try out for the job.
The Kick-Ass actress, 16, says, "We got the note when I was auditioning for the film that he wouldn't take anyone who wasn't British, and so I was like, 'Well, I'm gonna lie and say I'm British', naturally.
"I just totally put on the accent and met him with a British accent, and told him I was from England and lived in the countryside my entire life and then, at the end of it, I accidentally dropped the accent and he realised that I wasn't British! I still got (the role), thank God, otherwise I would have been such a fool!"
Moretz joined a cast which included child actor Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen and Jude Law.

Blur frontman Damon Albarn and actor Jude Law took to the streets of London on Saturday (05Oct13) to protest against the detention of 30 Greenpeace activists. Actors Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and The Clash rocker Paul Simonon also joined the hundreds of people demonstrating in support of those arrested last month (18Sep13) for rallying against an Arctic oil-drilling rig owned by Russian company Gazprom.
The campaigners have been charged with piracy and are being held in Russian custody facing up to 15 years behind bars.
The star-studded crowd held signs declaring "Free the Climate Defenders" and "Free The Arctic 30" as they gathered outside Russia's London embassy.
Law, who personally knows detainee Frank Hewetson, told reporters he was "exercising my right to peacefully protest".
He explained, "I am just adding my face and body to the mass of support. The fact that there is a threat of conviction did not put them off. What is ludicrous is that they have been charged with piracy which has a threat of 15 years in prison.
"Of course I am worried about Frank because I care about his family and I care about him but I know that he is incredibly durable. I think that it is very interesting that the people over there probably knew there would be an arrest involved and the threat of a conviction is probably part and parcel of the act of drawing attention to the drilling in the Arctic, which we all know is an international problem which needs confronting."
Similar events were held in more than 40 other countries.

Jude Law and Sadie Frost's son is following his famous parents into the spotlight by launching a modelling career. Rafferty Law, 17, has inherited his dad's good looks and is putting them to use in the fashion industry. He has been signed up by tailoring brand Tiger of Sweden to star in their new advertising campaign.
Alongside a batch of other cool kids, Law appears in a short film, A Different Cut, in which he models the retailer's latest wares.
The teenager is Law and Frost's eldest child - they are also parents to daughter Iris and another son, Rudy. The pair divorced in 2003 after six years of marriage.

Played the lead in "Cold Mountain"; received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actor

Returned to the stage in a London production of "Doctor Faustus"

Formed Natural Nylon, a production company, with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Sadie Frost and others

Played pivotal role of Dickie Greenleaf in Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" opposite Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow; earned Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor

Toured Italy in production of "Pygmalion"

Summary

Plagued with being called a heartthrob and a Golden Boy, British actor Jude Law managed to develop into a respected actor known for tackling challenging and often flawed characters. Though he struggled a bit early in his career to make a name for himself, Law finally burst onto the scene full force with his Oscar-nominated performance in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999). From there, he was suddenly everywhere onscreen, playing a Russian sniper battling a Nazi sharpshooter during the Battle of Stalingrad in "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), a scarred assassin fond of photography in "Road to Perdition" (2002), and a Confederate soldier presumed dead and struggling to make in home in "Cold Mountain" (2003). Though he was often the subject of tabloid fodder due his trouble-plagued relationship with starlet Sienna Miller, Law oscillated between small indies like "I [Heart] Huckabees" (2004) and "Breaking & Entering" (2006) and large-scale studio movies like "The Aviator" (2004) and "Sherlock Holmes" (2009). Regardless of his personal travails, which included a cheating scandal with his nanny and fathering a child with model Samantha Burke, Law nonetheless maintained his composure on his way to becoming one of the new millennium's top box office draws.

Met in 1993 during the filming of "Shopping" (1994); Married Sept. 2, 1997; Mother of Law's three children; Divorced Oct. 29, 2003

Kim Hersov

Companion

American; worked as an editor for Britain's Harper's Bazaar; Dated in 2007; No longer together

Finley Kemp

Step-Son

Born c. 1990; son of Sadie Frost and Gary Kemp

Peter Law

Father

With wife, ran a fringe theater company in France

Maggie Law

Mother

With husband, ran a fringe theater company in France

Iris Law

Daughter

Born Oct. 25, 2000; mother, Sadie Frost; Accidentally ingested a tablet of Ecstasy discovered at a children's party in the London club Soho House on Oct. 5, 2002; was treated and released in good health

Rafferty Law

Son

Born Oct. 6, 1996; mother, Sadie Frost

Rudy Law

Son

Born Sept. 10, 2002; mother, Sadie Frost; was born five weeks premature; Law rushed from the set of "Cold Mountain" (2003) to London to be with his wife and newborn

Met while filming "Alfie" (2004) in the fall of 2003; Became engaged on Christmas Day 2004; Split August 2005 after Law publicly acknowledged that he cheated with his children's nanny; Relationship was on-again, off-again in 2006; Announced split in November 2006, blaming "fundamental differences" for the end of their three year relationship; Rekindled their romance in late 2009; Ended their on-again, off-again romance in February 2011

Education

Name

John Ball Primary School

Alleyn's School

Kidbrooke School

Notes

Law was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2004.

"He is a more sexually dangerous actor than many British actors. There is a mischief in him somewhere, and it's partly because he is one of the most handsome men on the planet. He is a beautiful boy with the mind of a man, a character actor struggling to get out of a beautiful body." – Anthony Minghella, who directed Law in "Cold Mountain" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," as quoted to Vanity Fair, October 2004

People magazine named Law the "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2004

"Obviously he's gorgeous. But he's so bright, and he has an innate goodness about him." – Susan Sarandon, Law's co-star in "Alfie" to People, Nov. 29, 2004

"Following the reports in today's papers, I just want to say I am deeply ashamed and upset that I've hurt Sienna and the people most close to us. I want to publicly apologize to Sienna and our respective families for the pain that I have caused." – Law's public apology (and to Sienna Miller) after his admitted affair with his children's nanny, quoted in People, Aug. 1, 2005

Law was named after the Thomas Hardy character and the Beatles' song "Hey, Jude."

"I model each character on me, really." – Law in Interview magazine, May 1995

"I hope I'm more realistic than cynical. For all the insults that have been hurled on Generation X, we have a huge capacity to keep going, even though our heroes kill themselves, lovemaking is dangerous and famine and war are everywhere. But I think there are reasons to be optimistic. Hope is nothing if it's not tested." – Law in Newsday, June 4, 1995

"I will go anywhere, play any role, if the part speaks to me, or the story has something new to say. I want to be acting until I'm 80." – Law quoted in Detour magazine, November 1996

"To be honest, I've achieved everything I could ever have possibly dreamed of achieving. That may sound terribly arrogant. But when you're young, you go to the National Theatre with your parents and think, I'd love to be here. And then suddenly you are. It's a dream come true." – Law quoted in Empire magazine, July 1998

"Keeping people guessing is the one obligation that you have to yourself and your audience." – Law quoted in the London Times, Oct. 9, 1999

"I think he'll be a huge movie star. He shows this interesting tension between grace and danger. He has extraordinary charisma and lust for life, but he also has cruelty in him." – Anthony Minghella quoted in Daily News, Dec. 19, 1999

"Jude is an extremely gifted, talented actor who happens to be beautiful and is starring in movies, but that's not what it's about for him. It's not about the glamour and looking pretty on screen." – Rachel Weisz quoted in The Daily Telegraph, Feb. 17, 2001

For his role as a cold-blooded hit man in "Road to Perdition," Law's good looks had to be tapered to make him believable. His hairline was pushed back and he was given receding gums and rotted teeth to achieve this effect.

"Maybe I do have this passion to just play weirdos. But I relish the challenge. I figure it would always be trickier to get offered those kinds of roles than the more obvious ones that perhaps I would suit." – Law to GQ magazine, July 2002

"Jude Law is one of the most directable actors I've ever worked with, which is not to say that he doesn't have his own mind, because he does, or that he doesn't have his own wisdom, because he does. It's simply to say that he leaves all sense of himself somewhere away from the set. He's present and willing at all times." – Anthony Minghella to Interview magazine, December 2003

"He's very sexy, he has charisma and this great, dry wit; he's incredibly charming and truly a brilliant actor. Jude somehow got it all. And he's a well-adjusted guy; I'm very envious of how together Jude is at such a young age. If a director gets the chance to work with him, he should jump. It's like a vacation." – Charles Shyer who directed Law in "Alfie" to Premiere magazine, March 2004